iTGB 1.2 ETA

#181 No more crashes. Starting the process to create distribution now. This mainly consists of exporting the repo, making sure file permissions are set, removing unnecessary files, generating docs, and packaging it up.

#182 I'll check back in an hour or so then.

#183 I assume that symbolic links were removed this time? :)

#184 @Marc - Should be fine now. That's why I'm producing a clean distribution to test on multiple machines, instead of testing just the repo on my Macbook Pro.

#185 Looks like I picked a good day to buy iTGB!

#186 Please bundle it up as a tarball once ready, to preserve links ;)

#187 I would prefer a .dmg installer .. .

#188 How will the new release be made known? Will I see it in "my products"?

#189 @Ronny - I'll try to make a tarball instead of a regular zip

@Ronald - The last time I tried to make a dmg out of it, resulted in a corrupt installer that pissed off a lot of users and resulted in an additional 3 hour head ache for me

@Eric - I will post in this thread, then create a new sticky at the top of the forums titled "iTGB 1.2 Released".

In that thread will be instructions on testing, future updates, and how to submit proper bug reports. This thread will be notified, then locked. The download itself will be placed in your account as well.

The distribution process is still being wrapped up.

#190 Thanks, Michael.

Hurry up, so you can get some sleep, eh?

#191 A DMG is more for installable apps than sourcecode. A "tar zcpf" will freeze and compress the sourcetree just as it is, and anyone can open it (WinZIP, WinRAR, Linux users, Finder). Also saves a download if you use it on Windows for desktop games.

I'm going to see that it works when it's out, then I'm going to hose my iPod by installing OS 3.0 and see what I can do to make iTGB work again :)

#192 Any news on this release? :)

#193 No. Bad day to quit heroin. ;)

#194 So what the heck happened to the release then?

I keep expecting some guy to pop out of a dark corner of my home office saying


;) I'll leave you to work out the irony in this post. I doubt many will get it.

#195 Alright. So I have the files right in front of me, but not default app for generating a tarball on my Mac. I've downloaded three different apps, none of which work.

I'd rather store this as a tarball, but unless someone can provide me with a link to a working utility I'm going to have to use the stock compress method.

#196 can't you just open up a terminal session an do
tar -cvzf itgb.tar *

on the top level directory?

If not you can download gnu's tar for mac I'm sure. I'm not home so can't verify any of this.

#197 I'll give that a shot Bret, thanks.

Worked. Thanks. I have not used this on the Mac yet =/

#198 It will take a bit for the new docs to generate, so I'm going to push the tech up first. Then I'll finish generating the docs and get those uploaded.

We will also be providing the most updated documentation as a separate download in your profiles from now on. This is happening across the board for all our engines.

#199 :)

They do a nice book called unix for er um...you get the idea ;)

The seperate doc make great sense as I'm usually cursing when parts are missing and can't be asked to download the whole thing again just for some updated docs.

Anything that makes the process less stressful is always welcome. Especially as a new download tends to bork any changes done to the source.

#200 Cool.
-c - creates a tar
-v - verbose
-f - create a file
-z - compress the contents of the tar


usually you actually do this if you specify the -z option:
tar -cvzf itgb.tgz *

otherwise use:
tar -cvf itgb.tar *

So if you actually specified the -z option, name the file with extension .tgz